Alexis Sanchez sits on Solskjaer’s bench: Manchester United defeat Reading to advance to the fourth round of FA Cup.
Manchester United defeated Reading in the third round of FA Cup tie at Old Trafford earlier this evening.
Juan Mata opened the goalscoring with a penalty, after the foul on the Spanish attacker was reviewed with VAR. Romelu Lukaku doubled the lead in the final seconds of the game, after Alexis Sanchez found him with a brilliant pass.
Alexis Sanchez was substituted in the second half, as the Chilean walked off the field with slight pain in his leg.
However, the attacker was involved in a hilarious incident as he went to the bench.
Alexis Sanchez sits on Solskjaer’s bench:
As Sanchez sits on the bench after being substituted, Manchester United’s manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer pats on him.
While the Chilean looks bemused at first, he realises that he sat on the manager’s bench, before getting up.
Here’s the video:
The attacker made a comeback earlier this week after suffering from a hamstring injury in November last year.
He was involved in Manchester United’s second goal against Newcastle United, as he led the counter-attack alongside Romelu Lukaku and Marcus Rashford in the second half. He assisted the English youngster for the goal.
With this win, Manchester United are through to the next round in the FA Cup. Their opponents will be decided once all the third rounds are game during the course of the weekend.
Earlier, Paul Pogba was not included in the match-day squad after he suffered a knock in the game against Newcastle. Fred, Andreas Pereira and Scott McTominay started in the midfield, and Solskjaer gave a first-team debut to Manchester United’s academy player Tahith Chong in the second half, who replaced Juan Mata.
Here’s how Twitter reacted to Alexis Sanchez’s performance, and his incident with Solskjaer.
